Kaffir lime or Acacia, a very useful Thai herb, what are its properties?

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Kaffir lime or Acacia concinna (Wild.) DC is a medicinal  plant that can be use in many parts. It is a hard vine or creeping shrub with thorns on the trunk, branches, stems and leaves. This plant is found in tropical Asia in every region of Thailand. Such as scrub forests, dry dipterocarp forests. Mixed forests and open dry evergreen forests. Acacia concinna has interesting medicinal properties. And can be use to treat many types of symptoms. สมัคร ufabet Both the properties of the pods. And the leaves can be boiled to drink or used to make compresses.

Medicinal properties of the pomelo pods  

According to Thai medicinal texts. The pods of the Kaffir lime tree are good for the body and may help relieve certain symptoms, such as: 

  1. Take sour pods of the bitter orange tree and boil them in water, then drink or grind them and eat them as a purgative. It can help expel phlegm, relieve coughing, treat malaria, and reduce sticky saliva.
  2. Take the pods of the bitter orange plant and pound them and apply them on a cotton ball or soak them in water. This may help with skin diseases.
  3. Soak the pods of the kaffir lime in water. The water used to soak the pods. And leaves can be used to wash your hair. Mix 1 part kaffir lime pods with 4 parts water. It can help make your hair thick and black. It can also help treat dandruff on your scalp.

Characteristics of Kaffir lime leaves and chemical composition

Kaffir lime leaves are dry, brown leaves. Complete leaflets are small, narrowly oblong, rounded or pointed at the tip. There are thorns at the tip. The taste is sour, slightly astringent, and has a unique smell. Kaffir lime leaves contain organic acids and alkaloids .

Medicinal properties of kaffir lime leaves

According to Thai medicinal texts, the leaves of the Kaffir lime plant have a sour and slightly astringent taste. They can be boiled and drunk to relieve symptoms. Or the leaves can be mix into compress, such as:

  1. Boil the leaves of the kaffir lime tree with water and drink it as a medicine to expel phlegm, clear leukorrhea, and help cleanse the mucus in the intestines, treat dysentery, purify the menstrual blood, treat eye diseases, or use it as an ingredient in a compress.
  2. Boil the leaves of the kaffir lime and use them to bathe after childbirth to help cleanse the skin.